Gate-operating means



Jan. 3, 192s. 1,654,700 l W. PELTIER GATE OPERATING MEANS Filed Aug. 19. 1926 2 .Sheets-Sheet 2 @no1/Maya.

' bination and arrangenient otpa'rts' and in' erred form of theinvention has Patented Jan. 3, 192

fu NITE-1D; srarrEs WILRID PELTIER, Olaf-CONCORDIA, :KAN-SAS. .l

GATE-OPERATING MEANS.

Application filed August 19, v1926. Serial No., 130,247.

This invention relates-to means for operating gates, one of the vobjects being to pro-- vide a structure including an'k actuating 4rope or the like which,l when pulled,`will shift one of the hinges of the gate so that the gate will swing from one extreme position to another gradually and without 'requiring' any' -jerking action on the part ot the operator.

A further object is to provide ymechanism vot' this character which can be installed readily, y.can beV o'peratedeasily, and which Yallows the gate to swing smoothly tov eitherV open or closed position. .With the foregoing and other objects view .which will appear as the description proceeds, `the invention resides in the comt-he details of construction hereinaiter 'de- Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3, showingrr the position of the gate when atone extreme of its movement.

Figure 4L is a view l"similar,to'Figure 3 showing the p'ositionof the gate when shitted for movementtoits other extreme position. v

Figure 5 is an elevation ol a portion of the gate operating mechanism showing, in full lines, the positions ot the parts as disclosed by broken lines in Figure 1.

Referring to the figures by characters ot reference 1 designates a post the top of which is engaged by a looped strap 2 or the'y like from which isl extended one of the'hinge members 3. l The gate t is connected to this hinge member through a hinge member 5 extending therefrom. An arm 6 is prefer.- ably extended outwardly from the strap from supporting spaced pairs of pulleys '7 adapted yto be `engaged by actuating ropes S extending in oppositedirections frein theV gate and' connected togetherat'a point below c the pulleys. anextension 9 extending' Vdownwardly therefrom between guide pulleys'lO connected to the post land the lower endot1 the rope 9 is connected to and adapted to actuate the gate shitting mechanism. y y

Connected to the lower portion of the post 1 is a strap or bracket`10'liaving ears 11 vin 'which is iournaled'a4 shaft 12. Another ear is extended from this bracket and has `a *link 14 pivotally connected thereto'fat 415 so asv to swing horizontally. The free end portion ot this link is pivotallyvr engaged by the hinged member 15 of the -gafte 4t, this hingedA Amei'nberbeing located adqacent the lower portion of'the gate'. The' shaft-'12 is providjed fat' one end lwith a crank arm 16 and a rlink 17 connects this cranlrarm to the hinged member 15.` Secured to the otheifend portion ot'thev'shafft 12 is a segment 1 8 adjacent ithe endsof "which are teeth 19 and 20. A 'lever 21' is pivotally mounted on a stud 22 extending fromV the segment and its free `end is attached to the rope '92, Pivotallymounted on this lever is a `Tshaped pawl 23 hav- 'ingy oppo'sitely extending 'heads 24 either'ot which is adapted to engagetlie teeth19 and 20 respectively'. vThe middlel portion of this pawl constitutes a weight indicated at so that when the lever is in the positionshown, for example, by full lines in Figure 1, this weight 25 will hold the .upper headot the pawl in engagement with the 'tooth 2O whereras,'when the lever is swung through an arc upwardly past the dead center, the tooth 20 will become vdisengaged from the pawl and These'ropes 8', inl turn, haveV i the weightl 25 will throw the pawl Aso as to y bring its other headin engagement withthe tooth 19 as shown, for example, in Figure 5. Stopsr 26 can be mounted on the segment for limiting the movement of the lever relative thereto.

Assuming that the gate is closed, `as shown in Figure 2, the operating mechanism is positioned as shownin Figure 2 while the gate 'is slightly til-ted so that the lower portion thereof is extended away from the post past the dead center as illustrated in yFigure 3.

Consequently the gate stays closed by gravity because the lower end thereof is out or' vertical alin'ement with the upper hinge. When it is desiredv to open the gate the operator pulls onone of the ropes 8 with the result that lever 2l swings upwardly and laterally toward the dead center. During this upward movement pawl 22 thrusts against tooth 2O and caus-es the segment 18 to swing upwardly toward the dead center and at the sameA time rotate shaft 12. During this movement the shaft will thrust through link 17 against the lower end 15 of the gate and push said lower hinge past the dead center so that the l gate will be tilted in the opposite direction as y indicated in Figure t and the gate will beY caused to swing by gravity to its open position. This movement of the gate will carry the segment '18 and the lever 21 past their .dead centers.` When lever 22 passes the dead center the weight 25 of the pawl will cause Vthe gate.

What .is claimed is: Y

1. The combination with a post, of a gate, a stationary hinge connecting the upper portion ofthe gate to lthe post, links pvotally connected to the lower portion of the post, aV vhinge connection between said links and the lower portion of thegate, a shaft, means actuated by the back and forth rotation of the shaft for imparting a back and forth swinging movement to the links, thereby to tilt vthe gate to cause it to swing in either of two directions, an operating rope, ,and means actuated by successive pulls upon said rope for imparting an initial rotationto the shaft in either of two directions, said gate, when tilt-v ed by said shaft andthe `means operated thereby, constituting means for completing the rotation of the shaft in either direction.

2. The combination with a post, of a gate, a stationary hingedconnection between one portion of theY gate and the post, a link mounted toxswing relative to the post, a hinge connection between the linkand the gate, ashaft, a crank arm thereon, a connection between the crank arm and the link, a lever, means for swinging the lever through an arc upwardly past its dead `center,'and means operated by each upward movement of the lever for'rotating theshaft, thereby toshift the link and cause the gateto swing in either of two directions. f

3. The .combination with a post, a gate, a

stationary'hinge connection between the post and a portion of the gateja llink mounted to swing relative to the post, a hinge connes? tion between the link and the gate, a shaft, means actuated by the back and forthy rotation of the shaft for swinging'the link relative to the post, thereby to move its hinge connection with the gate into and out of verfrotical alinement with the stationary hinge, a

toothed segment rotatable with the shaft, a

lever mounted to swing relative toV the segment, and a weighted pawl carried by the lever for engagement with the toothed :seg-

`ment when the segment and lever are swung wiLFRiD iSELTiER; 

